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Catkin Flowers

Artisan florist, flower grower and teacher. Creating abundant arrangements that reflect the seasons. Using nature intuitively to restore and renew.

Artisan florist specialising in British grown flowers

12/06/2026

The prettiest of summer florals for A & B who got married yesterday .

Flowers from my cutting garden as well as Felicity Jenkinson - floriferous Old Farmhouse Flowers | British cut flower growers
Marilliam Flowers LTD

13/05/2026

Join me for a flowery day of creativity, energy healing and mindfulness.

We know that working creatively with flowers is a beautiful thing to do. Those of us who run floral workshops have seen time and time again the benefit of working with your hands, with gorgeous natural materials and how that facilitates calm, positivity and meaningful conversations.

But in addition flowers have their own energetic signature and which ones you choose can tell you a lot about where you might be stuck and offer insights into how to navigate current challenges.

My floral retreat workshop combines reiki healing using individual flowers and floral creativity where you create a beautiful floral urn incorporating the flowers you have chosen.

It is a powerful, mindful day helping you to connect to yourself and to nature .

You can find some more information in my bio 🧡

11/05/2026

I had the pleasure of doing the flowers for a gorgeous celebration this weekend. The brief was wild, smoky and sumptuous 🙌🏻 and it was an utter joy.
Flowers were from my cutting garden, and also from and .

28/04/2026

Over the past 20 years my business journey has evolved from purely event floristry to include the therapeutic and healing power of flowers and nature.

Powerful personal and professional transformation can be achieved through nature, creativity and energy work.
Flowers have their own energetic signature and harnessing the power of flowers for healing and well-being is an integral part of my business.

Of course anyone who works with flowers knows that workshops and retreats involving flowers facilitate relaxation, meaningful conversation and connection to nature. Using my Reiki training I can hold a therapeutic space professionally and support those needing more than just a lovely chat among flowers.

If you feel drawn to experience the healing power of flowers, energy work, or simply wish to reconnect with nature, I invite you to join me 🧡.

23/04/2026

The garden in a bowl.
My beautiful tulips are having their last hurrah so it was wonderful to celebrate them in my nature gathering session yesterday.
They can be temperamental madams but this year they graced the gardens like the divas they are. Curtains down for them now until next year (🤞🏻).

20/04/2026

Yesterday we visited the most beautiful woodland to see the bluebells.
Their beauty has captivated me since childhood and the experience of a bluebell wood is elusive and ethereal, and feels like stepping into another realm.

Bluebells are woven deeply into U.K. culture and folklore, being strongly associated with fairies and marking the boundary between our world and a magical one.

I think the alteration to our physiology when we are in such beautiful natural places enables to cross the bridge for a while and draw us into a world we normally can’t see or feel.

It’s worth remembering that half the world’s population of bluebells is found in the U.K. They are fragile, legally protected and integral to both nature and culture. They are a vital route to nature connection - it was my most powerful entry point to nature as a child.
But they are also a route to the magical things in this world and I think that is needed more than ever.

You can read a bit more on my blog.

15/04/2026

We know that finding a connection with nature is vital to our wellbeing. Finding time to immerse yourself in a natural space and notice all the beautiful details is a wonderful way to rest a busy brain.
Yesterday Lou Earnshaw | Artist | Outdoor Instructor and myself ran a mindful watercolour workshop in my cutting garden and studio Doddington Hall & Gardens .
We spent time foraging for beautiful details and Lou gently guided our group to capture colours and shapes using watercolour paint.
It was utterly beautiful, immersive and calming.
We will be doing it again for sure. If you sign up to my newsletter you will be the first to know.

08/04/2026

I officially launched Catkin 20 years ago this month!
I had in fact been growing flowers for fun since 2001 and used home grown and foraged flowers for our wedding in 2002.
These photos are from the day before our wedding in May 2002 where my friends, mum and I made the table centres for our celebration.

I had absolutely no clue what I was doing - I was an academic who loved animals, nature and wild flowers and that was it - no experience or any clue at all. I had no thoughts about a career other than in academia and research. Little did I know that this day was the spark that ignited my flowery career.

After our wedding friends asked me to grow flowers for their weddings and then a farmers market stall came along but it was just as a fun side hustle.
Until, in 2005 I had the chance to set up a business in a garden centre and I took the plunge of going part time in my job to go for it. The garden was built and planted through autumn / winter 2005 and officially launched in April 2006.

The me in these photos would never ever in a million years have thought that she would launch a business 4 years later and that she would still be doing it 20 years on, helping other couples and families with their joyful celebrations.
She would have refused to believe that she would become a reiki master (the sceptical scientist stronger than the curious and open minded one) and would have been amazed that she would be able to facilitate well-being for others.

It has been quite a ride with much evolution and adaptation along the way. The me now ( last photo - greyer and wiser) perhaps will also be amazed at what I will be doing if I have the privilege of another 20 years - I really hope so.

Thank you so much to all my wonderful clients over the years for supporting my business and trusting me, to Doddington Hall & Gardens , my flowery home since 2009 and to my wonderful husband Guy Petheram Garden Design and my friends who have got stuck in digging, planting, weeding, selling flowers on the farmers market, moving cutting gardens 🙈 flowering alongside me and keeping me going. A million million thanks and so much love 😘.
You can read a bit more about it on my blog .

05/02/2026

‘The Nature Gathering ’ starts this month.

This series of workshops will immerse you in my garden over a year to find ways of expressing yourself creatively using a range of nature based creative practice.
Also, to learn about a way of gardening that facilitates nature connection through creating an inspiring space that we and other creatures can thrive in and find joy in.

will be leading some of these sessions, sharing his knowledge and expertise in creating habit friendly gardens.

The route to nature connection is seeing beauty and feeling that you are part of and have a relationship with nature.
This is what we are hoping to facilitate - as well as fun, good company and good food.

Details are in my bio or visit my website - I hope you can join us 🧡

03/02/2026

I recently had the privilege of being part of a project where I ran art and wellbeing workshops inspired by nature and heritage for unpaid carers.

The aim was to provide peace and respite and I used the principles and pathways of nature connectedness in the workshops.

The project was evaluated by the University of Lincoln to assess the impact on the wellbeing of the participants. It took me about a week to read it because I was so utterly overwhelmed by emotion.

The results showed that the workshops provided lasting and significant effects on the participants wellbeing.

It showed that the workshops provided immediate relief from stress and anxiety and also actively built up participants long-term resilience and capacity to cope.

Participants directly linked the emotional shift they experienced during the sessions to the warm empathetic approach they experienced.

One participant reflected that ‘it has been a journey back to myself, to my creative nature which has lain dormant for many years’.

I have studied nature connectedness and trained as a facilitator. I have read many journals regarding its positive effect, but it is something else entirely to be part of a project that has shown such tangible positive benefits.

I hope to continue this work for people that need it through our CIC and I have incorporated all I have learned into my workshops.

It really was one of the most joyful and significant things I have ever had the privilege of experiencing and I hope this important work will continue for many more people who need it.

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Lincoln

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http://www.catkinflowers.com/

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